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Essays of Rizal http://www.oocities.org/mcc_joserizal/work.html Amor Patrio (Love of Country)
-1st published essay.
-stated that Philippines is a country for Filipinos, not for Spain. -Pen name: Laong Laan (ever prepared)
-this essay was sent to the Philippines to be translated in tagalog by Marcelo H. Del Pilar. -published in “Diariong Tagalog”: Aug 30 1882, Manila.
-Rizal encouraged his compatriot in Spain and the Filipino people to love the Philippines as the country of their own.

Los Viajes
-gain of a man who is well travelled to many places in the world. -published in “Diariong Tagalog” in 1882.
-Barcelona, Spain.

Pensamientos de un Filipino (Reflections of a Filipino)
-1883-1885 in Madrid, Spain
-spoke of being liberal minded and anti-friar Filipino that bears penalties such as exile.

* Rizal congratulated the young women of malolos for their exceptionally courageous behavior and delineated his ideas on the nature and role of Filipino women.

* Rizal wrote this famous letter in Tagalog, while he was residing in London, upon the request of M. H. del Pilar. The story behind this letter is this: On December 12, 1888, a group of twenty young women of Malolos petitioned Governor-General Weyler for permission to open a “night school” so that they might study Spanish under Teodoro Sandiko. Fr. Felipe Garcia, the Spanish parish priest, objected to the proposal. Therefore the governor-general turned down the petition. However, the young women, in defiance of the friar’s wrath, bravely continued their agitation for the school – a thing unheard of in the Philippines in those times. They finally succeeded in obtaining government approval to their project on the condition that Señora Guadalupe Reyes should be their teacher. The incident caused a great stir in the Philippines and in far-away Spain. Del Pilar, writing in Barcelona on February 17, 1889, requested Rizal to send a letter in Tagalog to the brave women of Malolos. Accordingly, Rizal, although busy in London annotating Morga’s book penned this famous letter and sent it to Del Pilar on February 22, 1889 for transmittal to Malolos.

The letter points out. 1. The rejection of the spiritual authority of the friars – not all of the priests in the country that time embodied the true spirit of Christ and His Church. Most of them were corrupted by worldly desires and used worldly methods to effect change and force discipline among the people. 2. The defense of private judgment

3. Qualities Filipino mothers need to possess – as evidenced by this portion of his letter, Rizal is greatly concerned of the welfare of the Filipino children and the homes they grow up in. 4. Duties and responsibilities of Filipino mothers to their children 5. Duties and responsibilities of a wife to her husband – Filipino women are known to be submissive, tender, and loving. Rizal states in this portion of his letter how Filipino women ought to be as wives, in order to preserve the identity of the race. 6. Counsel to young women on their choice of a lifetime partner Rizal’s Message to Filipino Women

...﻿LETTERS
TO THE YOUNG WOMEN OF MALOLOS
On February 22, 1889, Rizal wrote the famous letter now known as “To the Young Women of Malolos” as per the request of Marcelo H. del Pilar. This famous letter was written by Rizal in Tagalog while he was residing in London. The story behind this letter is as follows: On December 12, 1888, a group of 20 young women from Malolos petitioned Governor-General Weyler for permission to open a “night school” so that they could...

...made an endeavour, a step towards liberty. Thousands of Filipinos died and sacrificed their lives to satisfy their longing for freedom. Heroes like Andres Bonifacio and Lapu-lapu offered themselves without hesitation only for our motherland. Dr. Jose Rizal was considered the Juan of change; an eye opener for Filipinos who were allured by all the mendacities of the wolves, but then the eyes was shut when he was killed for unfolding the anomalies of the Spaniards. River of flood...

...Larry S.Esperas
One hundred fifty one years hitherto, a substantial Filipino in the illustrious epithet of Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Realonda, extricated our predecessors from being slaves by deploying a taciturn yet strapping apparatus. It was for his exertion that we are anon lodging on the snug threshold of freedom. By dint of his literary works −essays, novels and articles. He brawled for our territory’s liberty hostile to the Spanish settlers who...

...I. Seven (7) reasons/proof why Rizal is his parent’s child.
1. He is a religious man like his parent’s; he started reading the Bible at a very young age.
2. He is a man of independent thought like his father.
3. He also inherited his passion in rhetoric from his mother.
4. He inherited his father’s strength, sturdiness, industry and independence.
5. He also inherited his father’s deep feeling of dignity, self-respect, serenity and poise, and...

...GROUP 2 :RIZAL’S ESSAYS
ORTEGA,
OLLERO
PASTRANA
PEÑALOSA
PFLEIDER
To the young women of Malolos (London, February 22, 1889)
This famous letter was written by Rizal in Tagalog, while he was reading in London, upon the request of M.H. del Pilar. The story behind this letter is this; On December 12, 1888, a group of twenty young women of Malolos petitioned Goveror-General Weyler for permission to open a “night school” so that they might study...

...﻿SUMMARY OF Indolence of the Filipinos
Indolence of the Filipinos (“La Indolencia de los Filipinos”)
The essay itself originally appeared in the Filipino forthrightly review, La Solidaridad, of Madrid, in five installments, running from July 15 to September 15, 1890. It was a continuation of Rizal's campaign of education in which he sought by blunt truths to awaken his countrymen to their own faults at the same time that he was arousing the Spaniards to the defects in...

...﻿REACTION PAPER ABOUT LIFE OF RIZAL
Who doesn’t know our national hero? Who doesn’t know Jose Rizal? From first grade to all ages this name is really very know. Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda is our national hero, the greatest hero of the Filipinos. Some may say, how did he become the national hero? He did not even fight with the Spaniards not even seen holding a knife or sword. But he did fight for our country not using sword but...